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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello everyone, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">SPPC registration is</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> now</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
open!</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.geocurator.org/events/97-sppc">https://www.geocurator.org/events/97-sppc</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There is another event on these dates in Leiden, so please do book your accommodation as soon as you can.
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<p class="MsoNormal">And please do send in your abstracts as well (see below). <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lu<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Call for abstracts<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Please send abstracts of up to 250 words plus an image to
<span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="mailto:sppc@geocurator.org"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">sppc@geocurator.org</span></a></span> by
<b>30th April</b>. Abstracts will be considered on any topic of earth science excavation, conservation, preparation mount-making and exhibition. Please state if the abstract is for a poster or platform presentation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The<b> 30<sup>th</sup> Symposium on Palaeontological Preparation and Conservation
</b>will be held in the Netherlands this year on 26-27<sup>th</sup> June. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The theme will be <b>From Excavation to Exhibition </b>and we hope to broaden our usual remit to include more aspects of the story of how geological collections end up on display in our museums, as well as their conservation and preparation.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Examples of previous years’ abstracts can be found online at
<a href="https://www.geocurator.org/events/97-sppc">https://www.geocurator.org/events/97-sppc</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lu, Kieran and Nigel (SPPC Committee)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">L. Allington-Jones (she/her)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Principal Conservator<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The Conservation Centre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The Natural History Museum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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